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Suomen Kurssi
Update on my Finnish skills- or really lack thereof. So I have been going to Finnish classes for a couple weeks now, and they are...
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Choir
Today I was finally starting to feel a little less sick. In my more difficult sports class, though, we worked out for two and a half...
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Train Ride and AFS meeting
Today we were going to go swimming again, but the kids didn't help clean up the cabin, so their punishment was no more swimming. After a...
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Vacation Day Two
We woke up at around 8:30 and had a breakfast of porridge and tea. Then we went for a morning swim in the awesome pool! Next we went to...
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Vacation Day One
Day one of our spa adventure. We started out the day by driving for around 3 hours. Aatu went with another family, so I was able to drive...
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Ballet and Snowflakes
Venla and Sari went to the library, where Venla found an origami book. I suck at origami, but I thought I would give it a try. Then, once...
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Settling into Life
Still sick. Lately I have been having a hard time writing. Sometimes I go through periods where I just can’t write. And then I will have...
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Reading
Today I was supposed to go into Turku to meet my friend, an exchange student from the Czech Republic that I met at the first orientation,...
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Carving the Pumpkin
I was home alone most of the morning and afternoon, so I was doing research on colleges and jobs that I might be interested in doing in...
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Losing My Mind
Today I went to Leppavara to hang out with some of my exchange student friends. And guess what I found there??? A PUMPKIN! So, I bought...